Table of Contents
Illustrations viii
Contributors ix
Preface: The Shape of the Volume xi
Map of the Crécy Campaign xiv
Losses Uncountable: The Context of Crécy Michael Livingston 1
Sources on the Battle
Texts and Translations
1 Kitchen Journal William Retford 20
2 Cleopatra Itinerary 22
3 On the Cry Dead Colins de Beaumont 26
4 Letter to the Blackfriars Richard Wynkeley 50
5 Letter to Thomas Lucy Edward III 54
6 Letter Michael Northburgh 58
7 Request for Supplies Edward III 62
8 Payment to Loyal Men Philippe VI 62
9 Horses Lost at Crecy Robert de Dreuex 64
10 Letter to Passau Johann von Schönfeld 64
11 Victory Smonper Thomas Bradwardine 66
12 Poem of the. Eight Coats-of- Arms Jean de Batery 68
13 King John of Bohemia 82
14 Chronicle of the Este Family 84
15 Annals of Zwettl 86
16 Chronicle of Lanercost 86
17 Chronicle of Guyenne 88
18 Crécy Poem 88
19 Horses Lost at Crecy Guillaume Flote 92
20 Chronicle of the Counts of Flanders 92
21 Chronicle of Artois 94
22 Chronicle of Sainl-Omer 100
23 Capture of Tifford 106
24 Rhyming Chronicle 106
25 New Chronicle Giovanni Villain 114
26 Chronicle John of Hocsem 122
27 Pistoian History 122
28 Chronicle Jean de Winterthur 124
29 Major Chronicle Gilles li Muisit 126
30 Grand Chronicles 130
31 History of Rochester William of Dene 134
32 Chronicle Matthias von Neuenburg 136
33 Chronicle Anonymous of Leoben 138
34 Golden History John ofTyncmouth 140
35 Chronicle [Nero Version] Pseudo-Adam Murimuth 140
36 Ransom Payment Philippe of Orleans 144
37 Chronicle of Siena 144
38 Brabanlese Stories Jan van Boendale 146
39 Edward III in France Laurence Minot 148
40 Pohchronicon Continuation 148
41 Panegyric to Edward III Iolo Goch 150
42 Chronicle Francis of Prague 154
43 Chronicle Marco Battagli 156
44 Housebook Michael de Leone 158
45 Chronicle Geoffrey le Baker 158
46 Anonymous of Rome, Chronicle 164
47 Elegy for Sir Rhys ap Gruffudd Iolo Goch 176
48 Chronicle Continuation Richard Lescot 178
49 History of Padua Guelielmo Cortusio 180
50 Chronicle Jean le Bel 182
51 Chronicle Heinrich of Diessenhofen 190
52 Scalacronica [Leland's Abstract] Thomas Gray 192
53 Gesta Annalia II Thomas Bisset 192
54 Neplach of Opatovicc, Chronicle 192
55 Heinrich Taube of Selbach, Chronicle 194
56 Commentary to Bridlington's Prophecy John Ergom 194
57 Brief Chronicle 198
58 Chronicle of Canterbury 198
59 Euloeium Historiarum 198
60 Accounts of a Citizen of Valenciennes 202
61 Chronicle of Saint-Trond 210
62 John of Reading, Chronicle 212
63 Chronicle Jean de Vcnette 212
64 Chronicle of Normandy 216
65 Chronicle of the Church of Prague Beneš Krabice 222
66 World-chronicle of Köln 222
67 Prose Braf [Common Version to 1377] 224
68 Chronicle of Flanders [Version A] 226
69 World History Niccolò of Ferrara 228
70 Chandos Herald, Life of the Black Prince 232
71 Death of King John 240
72 Chronicle Henry Kmehton 246
73 Anonimalle Chronicle 248
74 Chronicle of Limburg Tilemann Elhen 250
75 Chronicles [Amiens Version] Jean Froissart 252
76 Chronicles [Abridged Version] Jean Froissart 276
77 Chronicle ofStrasburg Jakob Twinger 296
78 Chronicle of the First Four Valois Kings 298
79 Chronicle of Meaux Abbey Thomas Burton 300
80 Chronicle of the Low Countries 302
81 Chronicles [B/C Version] Jean Froissart 306
Notes to the Texts
Essays on the Battle
The Location of the Battle of Crécy Michael Livingston
The Bohemian Participation in Crécy Jan Biederman Vaclav Zurek
The Genoese Crossbowmen at Crecy Kelly DeVries Niccolò Capponi
The Tactics of Crécy Kelly DeVries
Froissart's Herce and Crecy Kelly DeVries Michael Livingston
The Italian Perspective on Crécy Niccolo Capponi
Counting the Dead at Crécy Michael Livingston
The After-Life of Crécy Michael Livingston
Bibliography
Index to the Volume John K. Bollard
